Awesome advice Sir 👍 I've a few questions 1.How big do you need to drill the hole for the water to escape in the longer tube inside tank? 2. Do you need to use a barb end with vinyl tube or could you full pvc connections for the drain outside tank? 3. How long should the pvc pipe i side be? Height of tank? 4. Can you connect 2 overflow to 1 drain pipe for faster flow if incoming water is at a higher flow? Like one on each end of tank connected to main drain?
Great questions; 1. The same diameter as the internal diameter of the tubing you are using in syphon (or the smallest diameter connection in the entire assembly), that will be the system limit anyway. 2. Full pvc is fine also 👍 3. The bottom end cap has to be lower than the outside bottom end cap and the inner tubing must be lower that the tee connection for the outlet, the lower and more gap lower risk of syphon break. 4. Yes in theory, the limit will most likely just be the diameter of the outflow in that case.
@@BlakesAquatics I was wondering could it be safe to use for a water return to a sump tank for a 75 gal aquarium? & what size pipe would work ? that looked like a "1" what about using a "3/4" ?
Thank you very much for sharing this. I like that you demonstrated it in several settings at the end of the video. For those of us who have rimless high clarity tanks that we don't want to drill, this is a great alternative.
I am so glad i found this video! I'm about to set up a huge rack for breeding and this will save me so much time and space for connecting tanks together for water changes!
The cool thing is you could piggyback them tank to tank and then just fill the first tank on the rack and in theory it should cycle new water through them all..
Excellent video demonstration of the no-drill system. With it being as simple as this, I don't know why anyone would drill their aquarium. I decided to copy your idea of automatic water changes as well by building a similar system and running PEX tubing to my sink drain and faucet lines. Now all I have to do is open a valve to drain water and open another valve to fill. Makes water changes so easy!
I have just been considering getting back into owning fish. It has been50 years or so. After watching many videos I was shocked to see people drilling holes in aquariums. Seems really dumb to me. You show a smart device here. Good job. Even innovative!
So I’m trying to build something like this but the pump I got for a steal with a uv I couldn’t pass up the deal lol. But any who. It’s rated for 1800 galperhour I need an idea of how much of these over flow pipes I need to keep up with that pump … lmk please and thank you 🙏🏼🙏🏼
thank you for video, just one question: we see how you drain the water out, but what about fill in ? you mean to leave a hose connected to the tap and leaves open whitout treat with antichlor?
When plumping you’re sump. Does it matter where you’re t’s are. I mean do they have to be in the middle of the tank so the lines will have the same flow? My tank is pre drilled
I was just thinking about making one of these!! I definitely do not want to drill my Aquariums if possible! Great tutorial and explaining how to make these 👍😁. I hope you and your family had a wonderful weekend and a blessed Easter!! Thank you for sharing Blake!! Have a great day! 🙏🌿🐟🌿💚
Hello, just installed these on a shelf awuaponic system. One of the tanks keeps filling even when the overflow is primed and trickling. I balanced the incoming water and the sypon slowed to a stop but the tank kept filling. Any suggestions, ive already adjusted height and depth on the tank side, made sure there isnt any clogs. Any help would be greatly appreciated
My little brain is still processing the physics of that 😂. If I want to do that in the future I know the video for it now. I haven't had to move tanks to a new house yet, but I will have to in Dec. So I'd be interested in seeing how you go about that yourself when move to the new fish room. Cheers Blake ✌️
I'm sure you didn't completely invent this type of thing, but you showed how to make it and explained how to use it and how it works and what can go wrong in an appealing way. I started watching the playlist of DIY from you and while watching about shrimp, i decided to subscribe to you. Keep up the great work. Thanks for being a quality content creator and... well... I will avoid being too negative in my wording by just saying, thanks for not being unpleasant to watch/listen to.
Is it necessary to feed the clear pipe threw the holes you you drilled in the pvc? Like building it under water then you could feed the pipe threw the pvc could you instead of the clear pipe coming out of the top?. Am just thinking about building one just trying to make it look easy on the eye and not a big clumpy thing
Hello how can you make it clean. think if you use it for a swamp, it will probably get dirty in the long run, just like hose does? Here I think it is glued together. Sincerely. Claus from Denmark
Thats a clever siphon but what if the water level gets low on a bunch of tanks and breaks the siphon or the pump bringing in new water is going faster than the siphon? Youd gave to restart the siphon on every tank manually. I wonder if you could use a pump to create a vacuum in the pipes again...?
If the water level gets low its not a problem because water is still in the pipe. If your return pump is too fast that is an issue. You either have to size up everything or add multiple
My concern. If the pump is on pumping water to the tank and the over flow stop working. Will the tank fill up or is there a way to stop the pump when over flow stop?
If you have this pump in a sump tank, you could probably add a float switch, or get a pump with a float switch so that when the water level dropped because it wasn't getting replaced, the pump would automatically turn off. I don't have one to speak from experience, but I've been thinking of getting one.
I have the same system from my tank down to a sump filter. My bristlenose pleco and guppy babies find their way down into the sump, so be mindful that babies will get sucked through. Also frog bit, duck weed, etc. will clog the syphon. When flows are high you might get gurgling noise too. Otherwise a fantastic system!!! Great vid.
Hi antsadams; I was just wondering if it possible to use this system on a sump filter and saw your comment. Can you please give a little more deep info regardingly? I have a 300LT of fish tank and 30LT of sump tank so 3.000LT per minute of water circulation as well. Is it possible to maintain such water transfer without risk with this system do you think? Happy to take your comments if possible :) Thanks.
I know your question is a month old but I may be able to assist. I am about to set up this system on my 6 foot 400 litre tank with 120 litre sump. My pump is rated at 2,500 l/h. I have spoken to other people who have a similar set-up and there are a couple of things you need to consider. You can scale this device up to whatever size you want, no reason why you can't make it with 3 or even 4 inch pipe diameter pvc pipework, the principle is the same. You want to ensure that the return system is a bigger size than the feed - the feed is under pressure from your pump whereas your return is relying just on atmospheric pressure and gravity. Good rule of thumb is that the flexible syphon tube wants to be about twice the diameter of the pipe coming from your pump. I'm going with a 20mm pipe from the pump and a 40mm return system. The 40mm pipe can carry 4 times the volume of water as the 20mm. You also want to include a non-return valve between the pump and where the pipe exits into the tank. In the event that the pump fails or you have a power cut it will prevent that water back-syphoning from the tank through the pump and overflowing your sump. As an added safety feature fit a float switch in the pump chamber of the sump so that if the level does drop either because of a leak or the return blocking or losing syphon the pump will cut out rather than continuing to pump an ever-dwindling water supply. I'm also including a ball valve in the supply pipe so that I can reduce the water flow in case my maths are wrong. I'm pretty confident they are not but for an extra $10 I think it's worth it.
@@BlakesAquatics I'm wondering about this myself. I wouldn't use a sponge though as they can get clogged up just like filters do. So if I'm creating an automatic water change system, let's say a constant drip system, this could cause my aquarium to overflow when this gets clogged. I'm thinking of somehow mounting a plastic screen mesh to the overflow tube. Thanks for the video BTW. I've seen others and yours explains it clearly.
Could this method be used for a sump? It looks like it. But in your opinion should it be used more for the automatic water changes or could it be used as an overflow for a sump? I want to start small with a 20 long going into a 10 gallon sump. Do you think this would work for a more permanent setup verses drilling?
Cool video. Great engineering mind and creativity. pity i only found your video this late. one thing i failed to note. so it is the plastic tubing size that determine the flow?
@@BlakesAquatics curious. your kit draws water. was wondering if the inlet hole.. is it wise to improvise such that the inlet hole is further down to the bottom of the tank instead of at the top and I can add a water valve to control the outflow? in this way, it can suck up water as well as dirts :)
Any suggestions on how to keep shrimp and fry out? I'd assume a sponge wrapped around or screen? Would a second higher hole drilled say just before overflow height of the tank as a backup work incase the first gets clogged? Btw great vid
hey mate, yeah just some coarse sponge will work fine for that, though there wont typically be a heap of water filling the hole if its used in a drip system. a backup hole should definitely work as well
You could simplify the design a little bit. The PVC pipes don't need to be a U bend, you essentially just want a reservoir on each side of the tank's wall, with the siphon keeping the two level. And then an overflow tap on the outside tank which feeds to the sump tank. Of course, the U-shaped tube provides a nice reliable way to hang it on the aquarium, which is a great bonus.
Hey Blake I'm trying to setup my fish room soon. This video is really helpful. What size pipe and vinyl tube do you recommend to keep up with add like a 4 gallons per hour?
The bigger the better as it will be less likely to clog or back up. Its hard for me to visuale 4 gph (16lph but id say the sizes in this video would be a good starting point for that
Idk if this is considered a “overflow” tank but I use a water pump pumping water into a smaller tank with plants and media and the another water pump going into the big tank. It’s a filter system and also makes it easier for me to do water changes with out disturbing my fish/axolotl since I can get rid of water from the smaller tank which will make clean water go into the big tank.
I’m doing the same but for my 40G (breeder) reef tank. My sump is a 20G (high) with about 3/4 of water and as for my display tank, I keep the level right below the top tank frame just in case something fails and it won’t overflow in any situations. I changed the outlet to just a PVC pipe instead of the tubing with ball valves on both inlet and outlet. I keep my ball valve on the pump side cracked so it doesn’t push too much water out to keep it balanced with the water draining. I hope that helps for those who are worried about leakage or anything that goes wrong.
Very cool design. Does the overflow hole inside the tank need to be that big? Or can I use several small holes? I'm thinking of running this system on my endler tanks but I don't want to flush away the fry.
ok, i created the same thing but mine is pulling air from "somewhere"... i used silicon to try to seal everything but it's still pulling air and I don't know why
@@BlakesAquatics after *allot* of experiments... The hose I used as an outlet is too large, which causes the water to come out of the overflow too quickly, causing air to come from the top. Even increasing the thickness of the hose that carries water from one side to another was still not enough. I had to put pressure pliers on the outlet hose and so far I haven't been able to get the overflow to act like an overflow, in addition to it being too wide for the glass and getting a bit crooked... in short, it was a disaster but as already I had done the sump and needed to turn the filtration back on, it is as it is... now I need to wait until next month for more money to come in and be able to create another one
Cheers Blake great video, echos a few others I've watched. Outdoor demo gets a 👍. Will you be making a follow up video showing how the complete setup with auto fill works?
nice video and great explanation of all the steps. Would there be any concern of the size of the hole in the tank where the water would go out to be a particular size so that fish would not go through it like tetras or any fry?
Will this design work if one wanted to connect two tanks located side by side? Basically, I'd pump water from tank 1 to tank 2 and the tank 2 would overflow back into tank 1. Thanks in advance! Edit - I was going through the other comments and the pump failing was brought up. Wouldn't the water level of the two tanks become level then?
Awesome advice Sir 👍
I've a few questions
1.How big do you need to drill the hole for the water to escape in the longer tube inside tank?
2. Do you need to use a barb end with vinyl tube or could you full pvc connections for the drain outside tank?
3. How long should the pvc pipe i side be? Height of tank?
4. Can you connect 2 overflow to 1 drain pipe for faster flow if incoming water is at a higher flow? Like one on each end of tank connected to main drain?
Great questions;
1. The same diameter as the internal diameter of the tubing you are using in syphon (or the smallest diameter connection in the entire assembly), that will be the system limit anyway.
2. Full pvc is fine also 👍
3. The bottom end cap has to be lower than the outside bottom end cap and the inner tubing must be lower that the tee connection for the outlet, the lower and more gap lower risk of syphon break.
4. Yes in theory, the limit will most likely just be the diameter of the outflow in that case.
@@BlakesAquatics I was wondering could it be safe to use for a
water return to a sump tank for a 75 gal aquarium? & what size
pipe would work ? that looked like a "1" what about using a "3/4" ?
I was wondering the same. Did you tried it any? @@raisinggoldfishonabudget7058
Blessings family can you share the measurements of creating the flow system
Just brilliant, will be using the same concept on draining my pool during rain/storms, thanks heaps
Old granny here getting back into aquariums after a 25-year break.
Thank you so very much for this well-explained invaluable information!
Thank you very much for sharing this. I like that you demonstrated it in several settings at the end of the video. For those of us who have rimless high clarity tanks that we don't want to drill, this is a great alternative.
I am so glad i found this video! I'm about to set up a huge rack for breeding and this will save me so much time and space for connecting tanks together for water changes!
The cool thing is you could piggyback them tank to tank and then just fill the first tank on the rack and in theory it should cycle new water through them all..
Watched many videos on this project and so far this is the best and smartest design.
I used black low pressure farm piping and connections. It's cheaper than the white stuff and looks better in the tanks. No need to glue.
Where did you get it if you don't mind my asking?
Bunnings or any hardware store
I’m going to use this overflow build to create an aquaponics system for growing vegetables! Thanks Blake!
Sounds great!
how did that go?
Excellent video demonstration of the no-drill system. With it being as simple as this, I don't know why anyone would drill their aquarium. I decided to copy your idea of automatic water changes as well by building a similar system and running PEX tubing to my sink drain and faucet lines. Now all I have to do is open a valve to drain water and open another valve to fill. Makes water changes so easy!
How much litter of water it can maintain
If you dont already you should set up a rodi before the water inline
I have just been considering getting back into owning fish. It has been50 years or so. After watching many videos I was shocked to see people drilling holes in aquariums. Seems really dumb to me. You show a smart device here. Good job. Even innovative!
It scares me too but nowadays petco is selling tanks for 1$ a gallon every few months (just stocked up on a few 2.5 to hold some babies)
thats actually trick AF.. i will definitely be building these, thank you
Awesome idea. Also would work for a sump overflow right?
I'm thinking of doing this just with larger pipe
This is THE perfect video for me Blake. I hope to be setting up a fish room sometime in the last quarter of the year and this will help me a lot.
Glad it was helpful!
Is there a way to adapt this for multiple vertically stacked tanks?
I think I'll do this with my tanks. Thanks for this share Blake!
how did it go?
Good video! Definitely helped me understand this DIY lol thank you
Glad I could help!
Wow this is what I've been looking for! I'm going to build one now.
P.s. I'll be using 25mm poly pipe, with a 25mm outlet.
So I’m trying to build something like this but the pump I got for a steal with a uv I couldn’t pass up the deal lol.
But any who. It’s rated for 1800 galperhour I need an idea of how much of these over flow pipes I need to keep up with that pump … lmk please and thank you 🙏🏼🙏🏼
that outro music slaps bro. liked and subbed.
Hahaah cheers mate 👌
how do you do a water change with this and know how much of the "old" water you're getting out if the new water is pumping in at the same time?
Would love to know as well
New sub here, just wanted to let you know that your content is super helpful. Ty and keep up the good work.
Thanks so much! Welcome
thank you for video, just one question: we see how you drain the water out, but what about fill in ? you mean to leave a hose connected to the tap and leaves open whitout treat with antichlor?
When plumping you’re sump. Does it matter where you’re t’s are. I mean do they have to be in the middle of the tank so the lines will have the same flow? My tank is pre drilled
I was just thinking about making one of these!!
I definitely do not want to drill my Aquariums if possible!
Great tutorial and explaining how to make these 👍😁. I hope you and your family had a wonderful weekend and a blessed Easter!! Thank you for sharing Blake!! Have a great day! 🙏🌿🐟🌿💚
Thanks Mary, happy Easter to you and your family 🙏
Very nice 👍 I’m going to give this a try
Hope you enjoy
Hello, just installed these on a shelf awuaponic system. One of the tanks keeps filling even when the overflow is primed and trickling. I balanced the incoming water and the sypon slowed to a stop but the tank kept filling. Any suggestions, ive already adjusted height and depth on the tank side, made sure there isnt any clogs. Any help would be greatly appreciated
This is a really good design, never seen one quite like this
My little brain is still processing the physics of that 😂. If I want to do that in the future I know the video for it now.
I haven't had to move tanks to a new house yet, but I will have to in Dec. So I'd be interested in seeing how you go about that yourself when move to the new fish room. Cheers Blake ✌️
definitely plan on bringing everyone along for that (albeit daunting) journey :)
That intro music is terribly great and I love it. 😂
Thanks man. Its always cool to see people different takes on how they do stuff
Can this method also be used as an overflow for a sump?
I'm sure you didn't completely invent this type of thing, but you showed how to make it and explained how to use it and how it works and what can go wrong in an appealing way.
I started watching the playlist of DIY from you and while watching about shrimp, i decided to subscribe to you.
Keep up the great work. Thanks for being a quality content creator and... well... I will avoid being too negative in my wording by just saying, thanks for not being unpleasant to watch/listen to.
Absolutely cant claim being clever enough to invent it but thanks for the kind words 🙏
Very interesting. Nice system and I am sure people can use this.
beautiful and simple, well done
Awesome I’m gonna have to try this out
Hope you enjoy
How safe is this syphon will it loose it’s syphon?
Thank you very much for the idea I was just wondering if you could change the output into a sump and use it that way
Yeah you can just have to size it up enough to handle the flow from the return pump
Is it necessary to feed the clear pipe threw the holes you you drilled in the pvc? Like building it under water then you could feed the pipe threw the pvc could you instead of the clear pipe coming out of the top?. Am just thinking about building one just trying to make it look easy on the eye and not a big clumpy thing
Possibly i do like the visual check to know the syphon has no air in the line though personally
Brilliant and informative Blake.
Thank you very much 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Nice job buddy very useful
Could I use this and dump the water into a sump for a reef tank that hold a skimmer? I don’t really want to drill the aquarium.
I wonder what size of tubing i need for 1200gph for my 320g tank
Great vid especially the demo at the end. I would just buy black pvc tho
👍
Hello how can you make it clean. think if you use it for a swamp, it will probably get dirty in the long run, just like hose does? Here I think it is glued together. Sincerely. Claus from Denmark
So could
U use this method to go to a sump and pump it back to the tank?
Yes
That is super clever!
Could you adapt this to be an overflow going to a sump? I mean I can't see why not.
Sure could 👍
Thats a clever siphon but what if the water level gets low on a bunch of tanks and breaks the siphon or the pump bringing in new water is going faster than the siphon? Youd gave to restart the siphon on every tank manually. I wonder if you could use a pump to create a vacuum in the pipes again...?
If the water level gets low its not a problem because water is still in the pipe. If your return pump is too fast that is an issue. You either have to size up everything or add multiple
My concern. If the pump is on pumping water to the tank and the over flow stop working. Will the tank fill up or is there a way to stop the pump when over flow stop?
If you have this pump in a sump tank, you could probably add a float switch, or get a pump with a float switch so that when the water level dropped because it wasn't getting replaced, the pump would automatically turn off. I don't have one to speak from experience, but I've been thinking of getting one.
Great idea and you explained clearly 👍👍
Thanks a lot 😊
Thank you for this
My pleasure!
Great idea! Would this move the solid waste from my tank to a canister filter?
I’m blown away. This is genius!
Is there a reason the vinyl tubing goes out of the PVC on top or could I thread it through the PVC pipes?
it just might kink and stop the syphon. thanks
What size vinyl hose are you using?
Good question, reckon it is around 20mm or so
Hi Mate, i went to get a can of plasti- dip and it says toxic to aquatic life on label, have you had any problems
No issues for me, it is possible they changed their recipe but i think that might just mean 'when wet'. Do at own risk
I have the same system from my tank down to a sump filter. My bristlenose pleco and guppy babies find their way down into the sump, so be mindful that babies will get sucked through. Also frog bit, duck weed, etc. will clog the syphon. When flows are high you might get gurgling noise too. Otherwise a fantastic system!!! Great vid.
Hi antsadams;
I was just wondering if it possible to use this system on a sump filter and saw your comment. Can you please give a little more deep info regardingly? I have a 300LT of fish tank and 30LT of sump tank so 3.000LT per minute of water circulation as well. Is it possible to maintain such water transfer without risk with this system do you think? Happy to take your comments if possible :)
Thanks.
I would think that placing some foam (filter etc) would prevent fish from entering system. Similar to filter intake
Awesome video mate!!
Cheers mate, hope it helps to clear up when we have spoken about this 👍
@@BlakesAquatics it does 😁 excited
Is there a way to make higher waterflow? I have a 3000l/h pump and i think that this system wont have the adequate waterflow to my sump
This wouldnt work for that you are right. Would need a huge dia pipe to get it to happen
I know your question is a month old but I may be able to assist. I am about to set up this system on my 6 foot 400 litre tank with 120 litre sump. My pump is rated at 2,500 l/h.
I have spoken to other people who have a similar set-up and there are a couple of things you need to consider.
You can scale this device up to whatever size you want, no reason why you can't make it with 3 or even 4 inch pipe diameter pvc pipework, the principle is the same. You want to ensure that the return system is a bigger size than the feed - the feed is under pressure from your pump whereas your return is relying just on atmospheric pressure and gravity. Good rule of thumb is that the flexible syphon tube wants to be about twice the diameter of the pipe coming from your pump. I'm going with a 20mm pipe from the pump and a 40mm return system. The 40mm pipe can carry 4 times the volume of water as the 20mm.
You also want to include a non-return valve between the pump and where the pipe exits into the tank. In the event that the pump fails or you have a power cut it will prevent that water back-syphoning from the tank through the pump and overflowing your sump. As an added safety feature fit a float switch in the pump chamber of the sump so that if the level does drop either because of a leak or the return blocking or losing syphon the pump will cut out rather than continuing to pump an ever-dwindling water supply. I'm also including a ball valve in the supply pipe so that I can reduce the water flow in case my maths are wrong. I'm pretty confident they are not but for an extra $10 I think it's worth it.
What is that black piece called exactly? Trying to find it so I can build this but can’t find the exact name :(
Good question, i cant remember sorry. Best guess would be threaded barb or something like that
Brilliant!
Hey Blake, love this design, any ideas on how to stop smaller fish from getting sucked into the overflow pipe?
Bit of sponge shoved in will do the trick 👍
@@BlakesAquatics I'm wondering about this myself. I wouldn't use a sponge though as they can get clogged up just like filters do. So if I'm creating an automatic water change system, let's say a constant drip system, this could cause my aquarium to overflow when this gets clogged. I'm thinking of somehow mounting a plastic screen mesh to the overflow tube.
Thanks for the video BTW. I've seen others and yours explains it clearly.
Good Sharing. Useful
Is the diameter of the vinyl tubing the rate limiting factor of the siphon?
Yes 100%
Great tutorial 👌
Glad you think so!
nice planting bro
Could this method be used for a sump? It looks like it. But in your opinion should it be used more for the automatic water changes or could it be used as an overflow for a sump? I want to start small with a 20 long going into a 10 gallon sump. Do you think this would work for a more permanent setup verses drilling?
Id say a sump would run too much water through it. The greater the flow through it the greater the risk of a syphon break
I was thinking of running two on either side of 40 gallon into a small sump. Do you think that would work with having a second as a backup?
Blake do you have a way of auto putting water back in your tanks too?
Not yet, thats the end goal
lovely ideea 1 thank you very much ! are your aquariums working like that ? How the pump from aquarium are controled ?
By the flow of the return pump
Thanks its very usefull
Can this be used for a sump reliably?
The more water through it at a faster rate the higher the risk becomes. Id probably just drill for a sump if i was set on that filtration
Will this work for a small sump
Yeah should be fine
Cool video. Great engineering mind and creativity. pity i only found your video this late. one thing i failed to note. so it is the plastic tubing size that determine the flow?
Correct 👍
@@BlakesAquatics curious. your kit draws water. was wondering if the inlet hole.. is it wise to improvise such that the inlet hole is further down to the bottom of the tank instead of at the top and I can add a water valve to control the outflow? in this way, it can suck up water as well as dirts :)
@@jkml8855 i just worry about clogging it up by sending debris through it. Gravel vacs and other things are better for that purpose imo
That’s genius!!
Any suggestions on how to keep shrimp and fry out? I'd assume a sponge wrapped around or screen? Would a second higher hole drilled say just before overflow height of the tank as a backup work incase the first gets clogged? Btw great vid
hey mate, yeah just some coarse sponge will work fine for that, though there wont typically be a heap of water filling the hole if its used in a drip system. a backup hole should definitely work as well
You could simplify the design a little bit. The PVC pipes don't need to be a U bend, you essentially just want a reservoir on each side of the tank's wall, with the siphon keeping the two level. And then an overflow tap on the outside tank which feeds to the sump tank.
Of course, the U-shaped tube provides a nice reliable way to hang it on the aquarium, which is a great bonus.
Sure, plenty of ways it could be done
Does this work the same as overflow boxes?
Essentially yeah
awesome, useful - saludos desde Costa Rica :)
I'm liking the Aquarium Co-op hat!
nice one mate!!!
Cheers Sam 👍 enjoyed your look at pool salt yesterday
That is awesome!
Excelente ideia! Parabéns! De Santos SP Brasil!
Great diy
Hey Blake I'm trying to setup my fish room soon. This video is really helpful. What size pipe and vinyl tube do you recommend to keep up with add like a 4 gallons per hour?
The bigger the better as it will be less likely to clog or back up. Its hard for me to visuale 4 gph (16lph but id say the sizes in this video would be a good starting point for that
@@BlakesAquatics I must have missed the sizes you used in the videos. What size of clear hose did you use?
Thank you 👍
Also, if you cut notches into the edge of the open end in the tank, you have a water surface skimmer.
Very informative mate.
Glad you think so!
Ty that's awesome
Glad you like it
Idk if this is considered a “overflow” tank but I use a water pump pumping water into a smaller tank with plants and media and the another water pump going into the big tank. It’s a filter system and also makes it easier for me to do water changes with out disturbing my fish/axolotl since I can get rid of water from the smaller tank which will make clean water go into the big tank.
What happens if one pump fails though?
Or what if the pumps aren't the same speed? Due to clogging, wear and tear, etc
I’m doing the same but for my 40G (breeder) reef tank. My sump is a 20G (high) with about 3/4 of water and as for my display tank, I keep the level right below the top tank frame just in case something fails and it won’t overflow in any situations. I changed the outlet to just a PVC pipe instead of the tubing with ball valves on both inlet and outlet. I keep my ball valve on the pump side cracked so it doesn’t push too much water out to keep it balanced with the water draining.
I hope that helps for those who are worried about leakage or anything that goes wrong.
Very cool design. Does the overflow hole inside the tank need to be that big? Or can I use several small holes? I'm thinking of running this system on my endler tanks but I don't want to flush away the fry.
@@AquaponicTim try adding little screens to the inside of the pipe to stop fry and large debris from leaving the tank then.
Can this be used as a sump inlet tube?
Yeah just be careful with higher water flows and air bubbles building up breaking the syphon
ok, i created the same thing but mine is pulling air from "somewhere"... i used silicon to try to seal everything but it's still pulling air and I don't know why
Is the water inpet nearby to an airstone
@@BlakesAquatics after *allot* of experiments... The hose I used as an outlet is too large, which causes the water to come out of the overflow too quickly, causing air to come from the top. Even increasing the thickness of the hose that carries water from one side to another was still not enough.
I had to put pressure pliers on the outlet hose and so far I haven't been able to get the overflow to act like an overflow, in addition to it being too wide for the glass and getting a bit crooked... in short, it was a disaster but as already I had done the sump and needed to turn the filtration back on, it is as it is... now I need to wait until next month for more money to come in and be able to create another one
Cheers Blake great video, echos a few others I've watched. Outdoor demo gets a 👍. Will you be making a follow up video showing how the complete setup with auto fill works?
Absolutely. I will be showing the full build of the new fishroom from the ground up
Thanks great idea
nice video and great explanation of all the steps. Would there be any concern of the size of the hole in the tank where the water would go out to be a particular size so that fish would not go through it like tetras or any fry?
It should never be covered with water if it is working properly. If it was a big concern you could cover with flyscreen mesh or coarse sponge
Will this design work if one wanted to connect two tanks located side by side? Basically, I'd pump water from tank 1 to tank 2 and the tank 2 would overflow back into tank 1. Thanks in advance!
Edit - I was going through the other comments and the pump failing was brought up. Wouldn't the water level of the two tanks become level then?
Awesome vid
Anyone use clear PVC for something like this? I'd like the look, but worried about algae growth
Dose this overflow lose the siphon
Its designed not to but its a good idea to keep checking on it
Brilliant!🇦🇺❤️
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